ArtsActivate 2027 Round 2

ArtsActivate 2027 Round 2 is sponsored by City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture. ArtsActivate is a project-based cultural funding program for qualifying arts and cultural projects in the City of Dallas. It is open to individual artists.

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The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture will contract for cultural services which establish a thriving cultural ecosystem that ensures all Dallas residents and visitors have an opportunity to experience the finest in arts and culture. The goal of this program is to activate Dallas communities through the arts and demonstrate our mission to create a thriving arts environment for all Dallas artists and residents.

Each proposal must include an event open to the public . ArtsActivate calls for arts and cultural projects by our Dallas arts and culture non-profit organizations, social service organizations, individual artists, and artist collectives to engage with communities, old and new, to provide a more creative, artistic, and cultural arts ecosystem for the City of Dallas.

ArtsActivate 2027 Round 1 is OPEN as of Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 5:00 p. m. CST.

The application will close on Monday, July 20, 2026, at 11:59 p. m. CST.

Please use the buttons below to apply for the 2027 ArtsActivate program. For portal troubleshooting, please reach out to us at oacfundingprograms@dallas. gov. If you are a current artist and need to access the 2026 portals for deliverable submission, please use the buttons in the “ArtsActivate 2025-26” section.

Information Sessions – Round 1: Tuesday, June 9th – Virtual Information Session 5:00 p. m. – 6:30 p.

m. | LINK Wednesday, June 17th – Virtual Information Session 1:00 – 2:00 p. m.

| LINK Wednesday, June 24th – Virtual Information Session | 5:00 – 6:00 p. m. | LINK Tuesday, July 7th – 1:00 p.

m. – 2:00 p. m.

| In-Person | South Dallas Cultural Center 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave, Dallas, TX, 75210 Virtual, Drop-In Office Hours – Round 1: Wednesday, July 1, 1:00 p. m.

– 2:00 p. m. | LINK Friday, July 10th – 12:00 p.

m. – 1:00 p. m.

| Canceled due to City of Dallas Furlough Day Monday, July 13th – 1:00 p. m. – 2:00 p.

m. | LINK Is a project-based cultural funding program Combines and replaces all previous project-based funding programs Is open for proposals from non-profit arts/cultural organizations, social services organizations, individual artists, artist collectives and other eligible non-profit organizations ArtsActivate 2027 will open for three rounds of applications during the 2026-27 fiscal year (June 16, 2026 – March 1, 2027).

Individual Artists and Group A eligible applicants may apply in any and all rounds and can get funded twice. Group B, C, & D and applicants who are in COP can apply in any round, but only be funded once.

Applicants who are currently funded in the Cultural Organizations Program (COP) for FY 2025-26 or 2026-27 may apply if they receive less than $100,000 through COP or through operating and maintenance support from the City of Dallas, and the proposed project is not currently a part of the organization’s current COP scope of services Download – ArtsActivate 2027 Guidelines – Exhibit A_6. 17.

2026 Download – ArtsActivate 2027 Guidelines ESPANOL Utilize the PDF’s below to preview and plan your application. * Please note, the PDF’s are for planning purposes only, all applications will need to be submitted through the application portal above.

View Dallas Cultural Plan Typology Map (Note: the map does not guarantee that a location within the typologies falls in Dallas city limits since some of the census block groups straddle the city limit lines. Please double check all locations to confirm they are within Dallas city limits.)

Earliest Project Start Date: September 22 – October 13, 2026 Earliest Project Start Date: February 9, 2027 – March 1, 2027 Earliest Project Start Date: Through the web portal, you can access previously submitted ArtsActivate 2026 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use these web portals to submit a revised budget and final report.

Review the ArtsActivate 2026 Guidelines: ArtsActivate 2026 Guidelines Review the ArtsActivate 2026 Information Session: ArtsActivate 2026 Round 2 Info Session Slides Through the web portal, you can access previously submitted ArtsActivate 2025 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use these web portals to submit a revised budget and final report.

Review the complete ArtsActivate 2025 Guidelines Download Dallas Cultural Plan 2018 Summary View Dallas Cultural Plan Priorities & Strategies (All strategies that apply to the ArtsActivate 2025 application process are highlighted in yellow) Through the web portal, you can access previously submitted ArtsActivate 2024 applications.

If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use these web portals to submit a revised budget and final report. Review the complete ArtsActivate 2024 Guidelines Through the web portal, you can access previously submitted ArtsActivate 2023 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use these web portals to submit a revised budget and final report.

Review the complete ArtsActivate 2023 Guidelines Through the web portal, you can access previously submitted ArtsActivate 2022 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use these web portals to submit a revised budget and final report. Review the complete ArtsActivate 2022 Guidelines Through the web portal, you can apply when the application period is open.

It will also give you access to previously submitted ArtsActivate 2021 applications. If you are recommended for funding, applicants will also use the web portal to submit a revised budget and final report. Review the complete ArtsActivate 2021 Guidelines Funding Recipients oca-media.

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com/…/ArtsAct-2021-Project-Summaries-Organizations-funded. pdf Individual Artists / Non-Profit Organizations Applicants recommended for funding through ArtsActivate 2020 during the 2019-20 fiscal year (October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020), will find links to the ArtsActivate 2020 portals here. These links will stay live through the following year for postponed projects due to COVID-19.

The ArtsActivate 2020 web-portal will give applicants access to previously submitted applications, along with subsequent steps of the funding process such as revised budget and final report submissions.

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